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This document provides an overview of research methodology, including aims, constructs, research questions, and hypotheses. It outlines the process of operationalizing constructs into variables and discusses different types of variables and potential problems with variables in research. It also includes revision questions.

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**CLASS 1** **Aims -** Statements of that are generally outlining what the researcher(s) want(s) to achieve within a particular study or describe in a paper. - - - - - - - - - **Constructs** - The **mental representations of phenomena** that the authors want to discover featu...

**CLASS 1** **Aims -** Statements of that are generally outlining what the researcher(s) want(s) to achieve within a particular study or describe in a paper. - - - - - - - - - **Constructs** - The **mental representations of phenomena** that the authors want to discover features of in accordance with the study's aims. - - **Aim vs Construct:** **Research questions -** the question(s) that reflect the interests of the researchers. - - - - - **Hypothesis/claim -** assumption/intuition about what the results of the research question will be. - - - - - - **​Aim vs Research Question vs Hypothesis:** ![](media/image1.png) **DON'T BE LIKE DANKA!!!!** **Variables** - the elements of reality that correspond to things that we had in our head (constructs) -\>The tangible, practical and ones that we can address and possibly measure representations of constructs. - - - **Aim vs Construct vs Potential Variables** **LOOK AT QUESTIONS ON THE NEXT PAGE** **Questions from revision** : 1. a. 2. b. 3. c. 4. d. 5. e. 6. f. 7. g. 8. h. 9. i. 10. j. **CLASS 2** **Construct/(Variables) operationalisation** - the process of turning constructs into variables, selecting such elements of the tangible reality that should best represent the construct behind our research questions/hypotheses. **TYPES OF VARIABLES:** - - - - **Problems with variables:** - - - -

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